IPI and TAPI are dead projects as both of them pass through Pakistan.
Indian Government has signed agreements on TAPI
19 October, 2015,
Ashgabat Agreement’, International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project implementation were discussed.
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...ts-work-on-gas-link-to-afghanistan-pak-india/
December 14, 2015 7:43 am
Hamid Ansari along with the President of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and the PM of Pakistan pressing the button to begin the welding process of the TAPI Gas Pipeline, in Mary, Turkmenistan. (Source: PIB)
The TAPI pipeline will have a capacity to carry 90 million standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd) gas for a 30-year period. India and Pakistan would get 38 mmscmd each, while the remaining 14 mmscmd will be supplied to Afghanistan.
Turkmenistan’s state company Turkmengaz will lead the consortium for building the pipeline carrying gas from the former the Soviet state to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
India’s state gas utility GAIL has signed a Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with Turkmengaz for import of 38 mmscmd of natural gas for 30 years. However, with Afghanistan agreeing to take approx 1.5-4 mmscmd against the original agreed volume of 14 mmscmd, the Indian volumes may increase to 43-44.25 mmscmd.
TAPI will carry gas from Turkmenistan’s Galkynysh field, better known by its previous name South Yoiotan Osman that holds gas reserves of 16 trillion cubic feet.
From the field, the pipeline will run to Herat and Kandahar province in Afghanistan, before entering Pakistan. In Pakistan, it will reach Multan via Quetta before ending at Fazilka (Punjab) in India.
I can't see a pipeline from Russia to India being cost efficient, certainly not at the present prices of oil. The geographical issues are a separate headache, a nightmare.